The Internet of Things (IoT) is set to radically change office life. With cloud-connected furniture beginning to penetrate the workplace, facilities managers are now starting to recognise the possibilities of a workplace where everything from a desk to a chair can gather data and intelligence that improves our working lives.

At Zenith for more than six decades, we have looked to the future of the commercial landscape, investigating ways in which Asia Pacific's unique cultures, traditions and hopes can be translated into commercial spaces that actively support the idiosyncratic needs of so many users and uses.

Last week, thousands of design professionals, along with the public, descended on the third annual Melbourne edition of Denfair, a three-day event featuring carefully curated designs from local and international brands.

Following Schamburg and Alvisse’s recent Gold Award win at the Good Design Awards (2018) for the EDO Streetscape, Schamburg + Alvisse’s latest collection, we caught up with the prolific pair to learn what’s happening in the commercial space – and where to next.

Is there anything as dynamic as a revolution? Rapid, rambunctious, and radical, revolutions are often over as swiftly as they begin, leaving behind a swirl of rubble to be rebuilt and rearranged into something new. In short: revolutions are great, but they can only last so long.

Zenith returns to the INDE.Awards in 2018 as Platinum Partner. Taking the Asia Pacific’s best design to the global stage, we look forward to celebrating this region’s most excellent in creative practice.

Distance is no barrier to global impact for New Zealand-based studio Formway Design. An international perspective and the creativity fostered by a remote location bring a unique point of view on workplace furniture to the world.

Zenith Interiors and Gardner Wetherill Associates show us how to hit the books – the Agile way. Here’s the top five lessons we learned from their collaboration with the University of Technology Sydney.

Singapore specifiers now have access to a greater selection of innovative and high-quality products for agile working environments with the opening of Zenith Interiors’ Singapore showroom at Level 40, One Raffles Place on 24 November.

For Belgian company BuzziSpace, silence and style go hand-in-hand. Along with Zenith Interiors, BuzziSpace is committed to rethinking the management of noise in our workspaces – leading the charge of acoustic engineering in product design.

With a choice of three back panel heights, Mobius High Back Modular Lounges create intimate meeting places and streamlined open-plan seating that elegantly twist & turn, seemingly without a start or an end.

EDO Stage 2 is now released with longer lounges and a handy power module for recharging your devices and connecting via USB. It even doubles as an armrest and table top, giving you many more opportunities to create unique landscapes to suit all the diverse activities in today’s office.

The supply and demand for healthcare in any country depends on a combination of health/illness patterns and social, economic, environmental and technological variables.[i] In Australia, the healthcare sector is 9 per cent of GDP and rising.[ii] With an aging population – the proportion of people aged over 65 years is projected to double by the year 2051[iii] – and an increase in chronic illnesses, the sector is set to face even more demand in the coming years.[iv]

The fair Maison et Objet 2015 was the place where some of the most exciting interior design trends of 2016 were shown to the world. It offered a unique opportunity to gain an overview of the trends in decoration, furniture, home furnishings, etc. BuzziSpace was also present!

Zenith showcased Belgium company BuzziSpace at the Galleria space, Australian Technology Park, Eveleigh. Over these three days we received many compliments on how lovely the stand looked and performed, balancing sound and adjusting noise levels to be a very pleasant experience…